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03Technical SEO

Technical SEO, redesigns and migrations

The technical half of an SEO program: crawling, indexing, canonicals, page speed, and the redesign and migration work where existing rankings are won or lost.

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Pillar

10 min read

Technical SEO: what the work actually covers

Technical SEO splits into distinct workstreams, from audits and canonicals to Core Web Vitals and migrations, per Google's own docs.

Rob Garner · Search & content strategy

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Notes

05 Notes

9 min read

A technical SEO audit checklist for a live site

A technical SEO audit checklist in dependency order: reach, index, canonical choice, render, speed. Each step names the Google report that answers it.

Rob Garner · Search & content strategy

9 min read

What to ask a web design agency about search

What a web design agency and a search strategist owe each other before signing, grounded in Google's hiring guidance and Search Console access rules.

Louie Valkhof · Brand strategy & design

9 min read

Canonical tags: when to use one and when not to

Canonical tags are a hint Google can override, not a command. Four cases where they work, three where they backfire, and how to check Search Console.

Rob Garner · Search & content strategy

10 min read

An SEO migration checklist for launch week

A launch-week SEO migration checklist by category, each step assigned an owner and a sign-off gate, drawn from Google's own protocols.

Rob Garner · Search & content strategy

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Technical SEO and website migration

Technical SEO services for crawling, indexing, site structure and performance. Migration planning, redirect mapping and launch checks led by Rob Garner.

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Byline

Rob Garner

Rob Garner

Search & content strategy

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